no no, some schools don't allow you to defer AFTER you have been accepted off the waitlist. They only let direct admits defer. But, the wording of the Columbia reserve letter does give me some hope. I don't want to apply again.

For every 100 non-ABA approved law degree holders that take the NY bar, a group that includes U of T grads, on average, 36 pass and 64 fail.

You're right, U of T grads as a subset of that larger 100% could very well do better than the average as they may be more intelligent, etc, but that doesn't change the fact that they're included in the non-ABA group. They form a subset of people within that larger group (who may fare better/raise the average, etc). Just like white people form a subset of people who take the LSAT. That's all I'm saying.

It would be interesting if there were stats kept by U of T (or any Canadian school, for that matter) on how their grads fare specifically - whether they're better or worse than the average on the NY bar, which is 36% for people with non-ABA approved degrees, versus 74% overall.

So, what you are saying is nothing. No, wait, what you are saying is that people from U of T take the NY bar. Cool. Thanks.